[Sh Ranger]

18:
The haunted Stine Hotel was a neat Goosebumps reference. Pretty novel how the Rangers take a trip to Japan, which is of course a good excuse to use a lot of Sentai footage without having to explain all the Japanese stuff, since it's canonically the same place. I recall the SPD and Overdrive Rangers also had trips to Japan, but this might be the first to actually celebrate contemporary Japanese culture, with the Rangers being excited about trying all the cuisine. I thought Ollie was unnecessarily cold here though, ignoring Dr. Akana's call due to being distracted by planning his date with Amelia. In the S1 finale, he was the only one who expressed serious concern about his mother's safety, so now it's weird that his priorities are so wrong and like, he somehow forgot or didn't realize that people actually needed his research.

19:
It's a little ridiculous how the Voids have so much advanced technology and yet they're completely dependent on Warden Buzzkill's industrial drill to break in to the Rangers' base. The drill's password is the date this episode is set, March 12th, which is very different from the date the second half of this season was released on Netflix. However, this is consistent with Ninja Steel taking place 6 months in the future, so I presume the same is true here. Intriguing how Javi and Izzy were able to break their own spell simply by remembering good times with their parents, which makes me think that maybe the Voids' own Sporix mutations might also be reversible (unless it was just Master Green ). I enjoyed Zayto's enthusiastic comebacks to Wreckmate, with just how much he didn't give a damn about the anachronistic piratisms. Like when a 65000000 year-old tells you you don't make sense, then that's something to be ashamed about!

20:
The Rafkonians have arrived! Pretty simple explanation about where they've been, just wandering the universe while Rafkon's biosphere rejuvenated, until its recent destruction necessitated a new permanent home for their kind. Their leader, Orria, intends to conquer Earth for themselves rather than negotiate with its current inhabitants, as she believes humans will only destroy it, which is pretty hypocritical considering how the Sporix Wars started. Fortunately, a mass Sporix emergence forces them to call a truce with the Rangers, which gives Orria a chance to see for herself that humans are worthy of co-existing with them, when Pop-Pop saves her from a Sporix while contributing to a reforestation effort. The big reveal comes at the end, where it turns out that not only 1/3, but 1/2 of the Dino Fury Rangers are aliens, with Amelia (whose name even sounds similar to "alien" now that I think about it) being the daughter of two that came to Earth in the past. Definitely curious to see where that goes!

Next week, I'll give my thoughts on the last two episodes, Dino Fury overall, as well as my hopes and predictions for Cosmic Fury!